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DEFCON AI

DEFCON AI, Inc.

McLean, Virginia, United States

Defense Software & AIMRO & LogisticsDual-use
Founded 2022Software DeveloperSupplies Naval Forces, Air Forces
Profile last updated: August 16, 2026

About

Founded in 2022, DEFCON AI is a defense software developer based in McLean, United States working in defense software & ai, mro & logistics.

DEFCON AI is a U.S. company that builds AI-powered execution and optimization platforms for complex operations under uncertainty. It was cofounded in 2022 at the request of the Department of War for a planning tool addressing contested logistics. Its defense work centres on military logistics, airlift and flight planning, ship maintenance scheduling and infrastructure planning for national security. It supports the U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command and Control (LogC2) software modernization and has a prototype agreement with the Marine Corps and work for the U.S. Air Force and Air Mobility Command. The company also applies the same optimization, simulation and forecasting technology to commercial sectors including manufacturing (SimSource), healthcare workforce scheduling (Synapse Scheduler) and supply chain network design (HelioNet). It is a subsidiary-branded company of Red Cell Partners, and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Location

McLean, United States

Founded

2022

Legal name

DEFCON AI, Inc.

Focus areas

AIoptimizationmilitary logisticsairlift planningmaintenance schedulingdecision supportsimulationUSMCUSAF

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Defense Software & AIMRO & Logistics

Supply-chain role

Software Developer

What they offer

SoftwareEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

R-ALIGN

Military logistics planning software

Cloud-native, time-sensitive optimization tool for rapidly generating and evaluating multimodal cargo and personnel movement scenarios across joint and coalition theaters.

ARTIV Air

Airlift planning software

Cloud-native, time-dynamic optimization platform for routing mission-critical cargo and personnel, with a resilient routing engine incorporating risk and red attack modeling.

FlightForge

Flight scheduling software

Decision-support tool that generates mission-ready flight schedules and crew-to-sortie assignments under tight operational timelines.

DockForge

Ship maintenance scheduling software

Aggregate-level scheduling tool that assigns ship maintenance jobs against dry dock availability and shipyard constraints.

R-IMS

Infrastructure planning software

Decision-support platform providing a synchronized view of plant capacity and project dependencies, with simulation and risk modeling for national security and manufacturing programmes.

End users

Naval ForcesAir Forces

Standards, platforms & customers

Platforms & programmes

LogC2ARTIV AirR-ALIGNFlightForgeDockForge

Named customers

U.S. Marine Corps Logistics CommandU.S. Air ForceAir Mobility CommandDepartment of War

People

Management & team (8)

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